UNITED STATES v. BUTTERWORTH CORP.

No. 503.

269 U.S. 504 (1926)

UNITED STATES v. BUTTERWORTH-JUDSON CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Marshall Bullitt, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. H.G. Pickering, with whom Messrs. Eldon Bisbee, Henry Root Stern and Bertram F. Shipman were on the brief, for respondents.


Mr. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

April 22, 1922, respondent, a New York corporation, was insolvent within the meaning of R.S. § 3466, and as defined by the Bankruptcy Act. Its debts amounted to approximately $3,000,000, and included $1,154,450 due to the United States. The value of its assets was not in excess of $1,500,000. On that day, the Hay Foundry and Iron Works, a simple contract creditor...

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